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   • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

   @MummaBear 😂 👍 I dare not ask if you make that expression too...? @EvolLove

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear Is it raining cats and dogs?

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2024 17:42:34 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     I'm on my third cup of tea. It's still raining. Is there a connection?

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear Maybe a Jägertee at lunch? 😁

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     @inscius @MummaBear

     That's a strange expression that we had to learn in school.

     I wonder if people really say that it's raining cats and dogs in these days or if they say something else. Like it's pouring?

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 02:00:17 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius oh we day then all.
     It's pissing down.
     It's raining cats and dogs.
     Weather for ducks today.
     Frogs will be next..
     ...

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @EvolLove Don't forget that mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun! 😎

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear I guess it would be. I tried Stroh undiluted once. 80%. Did not taste as strong as one would think. But just tried the taste. I was once invited to some Aussies for some talk and drink. It was some 55% swill. Worst hangover of my life. 😬

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear I drink rarely, but if, whisky or beer.

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @EvolLove At the global warming spot?

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @EvolLove 😀

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @EvolLove The metric system is easier to calculate I think. But other systems add some meaning to stuff imho. E.g until about 15 years ago dimensions of planks etc were measured and sold in inches , e.g. "2 inc 4". When it turned into 45x95 (I think) it was confusing, and harder to remember. That was one of the last places old measurements lived on.

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:34 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius see is crazy.
     I'm a maths teacher I hate them all equally🤣.
     Especially cooking what the diddly are cups 😳

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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:34 JST EvolLove

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @inscius

     What if in the old days they just used their cup. And it could vary. And people learned and adjusted their recipes with some variation?

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:34 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius I just presume the Americans were too dumb to use the metric system 🤣

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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:35 JST EvolLove

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     @MummaBear @inscius

     I like that there are many systems. Because it makes me having to constantly calculate and compare.

     I like the metric system for weight, volume and speed.

     But for nautical I only use Knots and Distance. I think it should be illegal to use the metric system while traveling at sea.

     Thus I also prefer to measure my boat in feet.

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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:36 JST EvolLove

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     @MummaBear @inscius

     Perhaps it has to do with the UK equivalent to the metric system.

     Here we say 1.5 meter. In USA they say, smaller than a deer, bigger than a bicycle.

     Cats and dogs. It means bigger than usual raindrops. Still smaller than cars and horses?

     The pound inch miles dozen system :pepe_happy:

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:36 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius I hate all the different measuring things it's very confusing.
     Fyip. It's stopped raining 👍

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:37 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius cats and dogs means a lot, more than usual. I'm not sure where it originates. 🤣

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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 15:42:38 JST EvolLove

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     @MummaBear @inscius

     I think the, It's pissing down, sounds similar to something we would say.

     The references to Ducks and frogs are self explanatory while the cats and dogs is a mystery to me.

     Now I begun thinking that in a country where rain is very common. There will naturally be more and broader expressions for describing the rain.

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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 17:56:26 JST EvolLove

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @inscius @MummaBear

     Carpenter. Still think of planks in inches.Because they are from inches but then they are planed so a 2 by 3 are no longer 50x75 but 45x70

     It helos when thinking about the larger ones. is it 220 or 225 ? 225/25 is 9 so it has to be 220.

     I think it was easier to remember 2 by 9 than 45x220 It was less numbers, made it more simple.

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     Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:45:24 JST Inscius

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @EvolLove @MummaBear It was easier. Haven't bought any planks or the like in over ten years but I remember "två tum fyra" (2 inches 4) not some decimal system figures 😂

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     Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:47:07 JST Inscius

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @thoughtcriminal Flour is better with weighing. I rarely use recipes when baking, so... 😁 @carolen @MummaBear @EvolLove

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     Sir Winston Smith [NH] 🏴‍☠️ (thoughtcriminal@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:47:08 JST Sir Winston Smith [NH] 🏴‍☠️

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     @carolen @MummaBear @EvolLove @inscius fascinating, I just figured the rest of the world was using different units, but the same process.

     I did always wonder about recipes that call for grams of flour, but I assumed that was because flour settles a lot (this is why you sift, or at least fluff it before measuring). So weight would be more accurate/reproducible.

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:47:09 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @thoughtcriminal @EvolLove @inscius no that's crazy
     Dry goods is pounds or kilo.

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @EvolLove @inscius so you are weighing it out, not using measuring cups?

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     Carolen 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (carolen@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:47:09 JST Carolen 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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     @thoughtcriminal @MummaBear @EvolLove @inscius yes, everything is weighted out

     We don't use cups over here so it makes following American recipes that talk about everything in cups difficult 'cos we don't know the exact quantities

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     @MummaBear @inscius

     Yes, for cooking I want the metric system. And when I have to lok up a pound or something I get all kind of different results. Sometimes more confusing than fun.

     Cooking should be Liter deciliter milliliter

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @EvolLove @MummaBear @inscius do you use liters for dry volumes? (Eg for sugar)

     As an American, I don't think I've ever seen (or noticed?) a metric dry volume measurement.

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     @MummaBear 😂 Goodness that sounds advanced. I do not understand... Do they? @carolen @EvolLove

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:48:53 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     • EvolLove

     @carolen @inscius @EvolLove I I have no idea what I weigh in pound 🤣.
     Children weigh themselves in pounds by measuring themselves in feet and inches 🥴.
     It makes lessons interesting 🤔

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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear @inscius @EvolLove it is weird here

     (road) distances in miles but petrol sold in litres

     Beer sold in pints but spirits in 25cl measures

     Milk sold in pints but metric equivalent has to be put on the canister (e.g. 4 pints {2.272l})

     I still weigh myself in stones and pounds (always will) but don't know if Kids These Days weigh themselves in Kilos

     Inscius repeated this.
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     • MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

     @MummaBear 😀 👍 @EvolLove Sounds like a fishing story! 😁

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     MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame) (mummabear@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 03:52:51 JST MummaBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ( Dame)

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     @EvolLove @inscius I walk into the wood shop and hold my hands out and say I need a bit this long that will fit 👍

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     @inscius @MummaBear

     Only when fishing medium small bait fishes 🤣

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     @EvolLove @MummaBear 😁